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Raffaello Morales

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Founder of Fidelio @wearefidelio
Author of The Earth to the Skies ⛰️🌤️

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"To what extent does it make sense to aspire to another world?" Raffaello Morales on Mahler's relationship to his Jewishness.

Don't miss a riveting performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in partnership with the @barbicancentre and @wearefidelio. Also taking the stage will be Mahler experts Raffaello Morales, Edward Seckerson and Anthony Freud OBE for a pre-concert conversation, discussing whether tragedy can deepen our understanding of the world, and why Mahler’s vision continues to resonate so strongly in our own uncertain times.

📆 8 November, Milton Court Concert Hall, 5.45pm
🔗 Book via the 'Events' link in bio

@raffomorales @seckersonic by @raffomorales

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Ahead of our upcoming event 'Dealing with the Tragic in Life: Mahler, Judaism and Beyond', enjoy this stunning performance of Mahler's Rückert Lieder by acclaimed soprano Chen Reiss at Jewish Book Week 2026, accompanied by Raffaello Morales.

Raffaello will return to the topic of Mahler on 8 November with a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 6, performed by the Fidelio Orchestra, along with a discussion with Edward Seckerson and Anthony Freud OBE on whether tragedy can deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world, and why Mahler's vision still speaks so directly to our uncertain times.

Join us for what is going to be an unforgettable evening, and watch Chen Reiss' full performance on the JLF Video Player - coming soon.

📆 8 November, Milton Court Concert Hall, 5.45pm
🔗 Book via the 'Events' link in bio

@chenreiss @raffomorales @seckersonic @barbicancentre @wearefidelio by @raffomorales

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The other night! #tchaikovsky by @raffomorales

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"We are dealing with material which is inherently dissonant, jarring and uncomfortable".

If you've never listened to Mahler's Symphony No. 6, you're in for something special. Conductor Raffaello Morales discusses the unconventional beauty of Mahler's symphony, ahead of Fidelio Orchestra's upcoming performance of it on 8 November, in partnership with the JLF and @barbicancentre.

Starting with a discussion on the power of art to illuminate life’s darkest experiences with Raffaello, Edward Seckerson and Anthony Freud, 'Dealing with the Tragic in Life: Mahler, Judaism and Beyond' is set to be a very illuminating evening.

📆 8 November, Milton Court Concert Hall, 5.45pm
🔗 Book via the 'Events' link in bio

@raffomorales @seckersonic by @raffomorales

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It has become a cliche to share thoughts about popular icons leaving this world. But how could I shy away from the grief that the death of Francesco Guccini has caused me and so many of my generation. Not because with him we shared much generationally speaking, but precisely for the fact that he represented to all of us the gone generation of our parents, with all their quickly extinguished dreams.

Il Guccio, to us, was always somehow dead, because he sang of things available to our imagination only through the filter of a present which to that past had a very feeble connection.

His unwavering idealism in the face of the trumping forces of progress could only access what many would deride as a ludicrous arsenal of weapons: words, an out-of-tune guitar, politically incorrect jokes and way too much wine, red and good value like in the best restaurants in Bologna. But what could that do to the hearts of people who reacted almost instantly to the genuinely universal good nature of this man’s ideals. How many tears of joy and hope have been shed on the texts of his songs. A true artist who had the power to make greed and opportunism crumble under the weight of shame. A musician who understood the real power of music to connect and rally behind an idea. Was it anyhow relevant to the destiny of the world he had grown so estranged from? Arguably not, but the list of irrelevant pursuits that people chase is too long to even attempt a draft.

Ho visto gente della mia età andare via
Lungo le strade che non portano mai a niente
Cercare il sogno che conduce alla pazzia
Nella ricerca di qualcosa che non trovano
Nel mondo che hanno già by @raffomorales

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Is the classical music industry too clique-y?

#classicalmusic #musicindustry #podcast taken in London, United Kingdom by @raffomorales

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For my birthday this year I’m going to take on a special shift together with esteemed conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Comparisons between food and music are often gimmicky and jarring, but on this instance we’ve decided to take the leap and present a recipe along with a broad discussion on concepts which we fell underpin both the culinary and orchestral world.

There will of course be some music involved and for this purpose we picked a foodie: Johannes Brahms.

Navigate to fideliocafe.com to get tickets and experience a different take on „conducting”.

🕰️ 11 June @ 630pm
📍 Fidelio Cafe taken in London, United Kingdom by @raffomorales

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A huge thank you to the @jewishliteraryfoundation for inviting me to talk about my novel and to @chenreiss for singing Mahler so beautifully (in spite of the pianist). Does the secret of Gustav Mahler reveal anything on the origin of Judaism? Read the book to make your opinion 🙂 taken in Kings Place by @raffomorales

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It was a joy to sing Mahler’s Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen — at @jewishbookweek 2026 in London, with @raffomorales at the piano, for the presentation of his book The Earth to the Skies.
An evening of words, thought, and music that seems to step away from the noise of the world and into something eternal, beautifully chaired by @norman.lebrecht. taken in Kings Place by @raffomorales

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We are carrying on in E-flat major…

When can you hear the Fidelio Orchestra live again? This coming Saturday at @lsostlukes with Beethoven, Beethoven and @gabriele.carcano at the keyboard. Tickets still available via the LSO St Luke’s website taken in LSO St Luke's by @raffomorales

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It was 1943 when C.S. Lewis held three lectures to discuss the pressing question of relativism as a worrying trend in society and most importantly in early education. Without getting embroiled in complex philosophical statements, he simply pointed out the existence of a set of common beliefs across histories and cultures which best defined in his view the relationship between man and nature. The fact that some of us may not conform to the believes that, just to make an example, babies are cute and old people demand respect, is not an indication of the relative value of such statements, but rather of our individual steering away from culture. The process of estrangement from those very believes that defined civilisation, whilst pursued in the conviction of man’s progressive complete control over nature, actually results in man’s return to a primordial state where it is nature - instincts - to define values. Sounds vaguely familiar?

Aggravatingly from his time, in this day and age it is very easy to be branded as reactionary for condemning relativism, as if individual freedom was tantamount to an Arcadian return to the origins of humanity. In reality we don’t know who we are any longer, because finding a baby repulsive is completely fine, but should not be confused with an inherent cultural value of such admittedly inhuman feelings.

We don’t know who we are but we hate to be wrong.

#cslewis #theabolitionofman by @raffomorales

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I was saddened by the passing of John Carey this last December. A pretty lugubrious man, he didn’t shy away from exposing most cultural idols as hoaxes. He remains one my hero’s of literary criticism for his untiring effort to remind us that, in art, truth is really an unattainable goal and any claim to it is underpinned by partisan ideology. Below are some quotes from him:

“In response to the revolt of the masses, intellectuals generated the idea of natural aristocracy, consisting of intellectuals.”

“As an element in the reaction against mass values the intellectuals brought into being the theory of the avant-garde, according to which the mass is, in art and literature, always wrong. Though it usually purports to be progressive, the avant-garde is consequently always reactionary. That is, it seeks to take literacy and culture away from the masses, and so to counteract the progressive intentions of democratic educational reforms.”

“The claim that high art is necessarily difficult is often presented as a justification for its being supported by public money.”

“Nobody really knows much about art. But we all know what we like.” by @raffomorales

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